Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘A Fraudulent Scheme to Evade the Rent Stabilization Laws’ FiDi Renters Seek Recompense for Years of Rent Overcharges; U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Overturn Tenants’ Victory A map, compiled by New York University’s Furman Center (which advances research and debate on housing, neighborhoods, and urban policy) illustrating the dozens […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Bull Headed City Pushes Plan to Move Iconic Sculpture Away from Bowling Green “Charging Bull,” the iconic bronze statue that has been staring down Broadway, near Bowling Green, since 1989. The City’s Public Design Commission (PDC) is slated to consider on Monday a controversial plan that would move […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Changing Lanes CB1 Wants to Claim Park of the Pike for Cyclists A proposal to create more space for cyclists would close to traffic the right lane of the southbound side of West Street, between Canal and Chambers Streets. Community Board 1 (CB1) is calling upon City and […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘When People Answer that All Lives Matter, They are Lying’ A Lifelong Resident of Downtown Considers Blackness Within a Bubble of Privilege “This community exists largely in a bubble,” reflects Mariama James, a local leader who serves as the co-chair of the Quality of Life Committee of Community […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Gauges Become Less Grim Fourteen New Cases, and One Additional Death in Lower Manhattan A weekly statistical update from the City’s Department of Health indicates that 68 residents of Lower Manhattan have died from the pandemic coronavirus, while 797 have tested positive for the disease. A New York […]

Planes circle the Statue of Liberty towing banners that read “Congratulations to Federal State of New China!” View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Flight of Fancy Chinese Exile and Ex-Trump Advisor Fill the Skies over Lower Manhattan with Proclamations of a New Nation Republican political strategist Steve Bannon and fugitive Chinese billionaire Miles Guo […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Judge Not Downtown Non-Profit Sues to Gain Release of Protestors Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis take a knee outside the Municipal Building on Tuesday evening, June 2, 2020. A non-profit based in Lower Manhattan is suing the New York Police Department (NYPD) to obtain […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News COVID Compensation CB1 Endorses Push to Expand VCF Coverage to Pandemic Illness A community leader has proposed that federal programs aiding September 11 first responders and survivors be expanded to cover the pandemic coronavirus. Community Board 1 (CB1) has signed on to a campaign that aims to expand […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Inn Crowd Gets More Crowded Crashes in Tourism and Business Travel May Signal Trouble for Downtown Hotel Sector Rendering of the 30-story hotel planned for 112 Liberty Street. A hotel developer seeking to repeat a 2017 coup may face headwinds that could work against such a reprise. […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News A Quantum of Solace Three More Lower Manhattan Residents Die from Pandemic, But Local Trend Lines Continue to be Favorable A weekly statistical update from the City’s Department of Health indicates that 67 residents of Lower Manhattan have died from the pandemic coronavirus, while 783 have tested positive […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Pursuant to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive orders 202.17 and 202.18, all people in New York are required to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles. The Future of Local History Design Floated for New South […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Lower Manhattan Faces Possible Cartastrophe Council Member Pushes Back on Reopening Plans That Ban Public Transit The New York Stock Exchange partially reopened on Tuesday, but banned employees who use public transit to get there. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) partially reopened on Tuesday, after a hiatus […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Refugees Don’t Produce Refuse Less Trash and Fewer People May Explain Why Downtown Avoided the Worst Before the health crisis, Lower Manhattan experienced chronic problems with trash accumulating on local curbs, as seen here on Cliff Street, in the Financial District. Two statistical indicators are pointing toward a […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Grace Lee is a mother of three and community activist running for State Assembly to bring new leadership to Lower Manhattan. Click here to learn more. Please VOTE by June 23rd. Numbing Numbers More Than 60 Downtown Residents Die of Coronavirus, But Confirmed Case Numbers Continue to Drop […]

Eyes to the Sky May 18 – 31, 2020 Summer stars rise as winter stars set. Venus and Mercury meet this week Summer Triangle rising with the Milky Way, pictured here as a red band., Deneb, in the northeast, marks the left corner. May 19 at 10:45 p.m. Diagram Judy Isacoff/Starry Night One month before […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Kindred Spirits Onetime Presidential Contender and Liberal Firebrand Endorses Lower Manhattan Candidates Erstwhile presidential candidate (and possible contender for the Democratic nomination for vice president) has thrown her support behind the reelection bids of U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler and State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou. Progressive icon and prospective […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Retail Relief Downtown Alliance Expands Aid to Lower Manhattan Small Businesses A row on storefronts on Hanover Square is emblematic of the shifting ground in Lower Manhattan, where small businesses face ruin in the current economic slowdown — distress compounded by higher fixed costs (such as rent) than […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Ambulatory Ambiguity As Downtown Businesses Ponder Reopening, Questions Arise about Getting Here The New York Stock Exchange is slated to begin reopening next Tuesday, but plans to bar employees who use public transit to get there. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) recently announced that it would begin […]

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Check Your Screen to Get Screened State Launches Online Map Showing Local Testing Facilities The State Department of Health’s online map of test sites shows three facilities in Lower Manhattan at which patients can be screened for the pandemic coronavirus. On Sunday afternoon, the State Department of Health […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News Governor Cuomo has issued an executive order requiring all people in New York to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles. More information: coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home or call 1-888-364-3065.All non-essential workers must continue to work from home and schools and everyone is required […]